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Key takeaways: Sellers often prefer all-cash offers because they tend to lead to faster sales and are less likely to fall through than financed deals. Paying cash for a home can save buyers thousands in mortgage interest and lender fees over time. While all-cash offers provide speed and leverage, they can also tie up significant savings and reduce financial flexibility. With mortgage rates still elevated and housing affordability remaining strained in many parts of the country, paying cash for a home can give buyers a major advantage in today’s market. An all-cash offer can help you negotiate a better price,…

A former real estate professional who ran a fraudulent investment fund along with her ex-husband was sentenced to 55 months in prison Friday after a jury convicted her of wire fraud, money laundering and tax fraud in a scheme that stole more than $2 million from 22 victims, most of them Seattle residents.

Dave:We’re in a stretch of the spring housing market where the stories on paper that you’re reading and the stories on the ground don’t exactly match. Listings are picking up the government is meddling in the housing market and single rate moves or single headlines can change the mood of the entire market overnight. So if you’re trying to make sense of what is actually happening, you’re not alone. I’m Dave Meyer alongside Kathy Fettke, Henry Washington, and James Dainard. And today we’re breaking down the latest housing market headlines from scary inflation to an important provision about build to…

For today’s college students, attitudes toward AI can seem paradoxical. On one hand, they’ve made their ire toward the technology clear: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was met with hisses during his commencement remarks at the University of Arizona’s graduation ceremony on Sunday when he invoked the inevitability of a future with artificial intelligence. “The question is not whether AI will shape the world. It will,” Schmidt said, pausing for a moment as students booed. “The question is whether you will have shaped artificial intelligence.” Just days earlier, real estate executive Gloria Caulfield told graduating students at the University of…

Key takeaways Detroit, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis are the most affordable cities in the U.S., balancing relatively high incomes and low housing costs. The Midwest and Northeast are home to all of the cheapest places to live—although they are also becoming increasingly competitive. Home prices are still rising in many parts of the country, but slower growth is helping affordability improve in some markets. Housing affordability remains one of the biggest challenges for Americans in 2026. Home prices grew exponentially during the pandemic housing boom, and while price growth has since slowed, a majority of people are still spending an…

Don’t have enough time or money to invest in real estate? These are, by far, the two most common roadblocks for new investors. Today’s guest didn’t let them stop her. Instead, she used creative means to find and fund real estate deals without much free time or a big bank account. If you follow her blueprint, you’ll be able to do the same!Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Beth Decler is a homeschooling mother of eight—yes, eight—children, but somehow, some way, she’s also making time for real estate investing. In fact, she and her husband have done five…

President Trump can’t believe Jensen Huang doesn’t own his own plane. Hours before he departs for his highly anticipated China summit, the president has been arranging for the billionaire cofounder of Nvidia to join the who’s who of Fortune 500 CEOs preparing to travel to Beijing. Also in the group are Citigroup’s Jane Fraser, arguably the most powerful woman in finance, and Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who recently gave the president an honorary (if slightly tongue-in-cheek) “Salesman of the Year” award for helping the jetmaker sell hundreds of planes. Huang is a late but welcome addition to the party. For one of…

Incoming Fed chairman takes over the central bank at a pivotal moment: AI is estimated to reshape the economy as we know it (for better or worse, depending on who you ask), geopolitical tensions are rising, and consumers are hollering for relief from the cost of living.There’s also the small matter of national debt—the interest on which is influenced, in part, by the U.S. Federal Reserve.The lines drawn in the sand by politicians during his Senate Banking Committee hearing were clear: There was little Warsh could do to deter Republicans from backing his nomination, there was virtually nothing he could…

Gen Z are workshy teetotallers. They’re chronically online. They care more about sustainability than any generation before them. These sweeping statements litter headlines, crop up in conversation and get trotted out on social media. They’re mostly harmless… until they enter the boardroom. Whether your perception of Gen Z is shaped by real-world interactions or two-dimensional headlines, pigeonholing a whole generation is reductive. It’s also an increasingly unreliable way of understanding the people you want to target.  Yet, leaders are still leaning into these generalisations and letting them harden into assumptions. Such assumptions consciously and unconsciously shape decisions: who gets hired,…

Key takeaways:– Short-term rentals are experience-driven, while long-term rentals focus on stable, livable housing.– Location, regulations, and property type largely determine which strategy performs best.– Short-term rentals may require frequent upkeep and higher operating costs; long-term rentals typically need less frequent but larger maintenance cycles.– Upgrades differ: guest amenities for short-term, durability and efficiency for long-term. Choosing between rental strategies often starts with one key question: What’s the difference between short-term and long-term rentals, and which one fits your property best? While both can generate income, they require very different approaches to how a home is set up, maintained, and…